Audi may have diesel, guaranteeing it victory after victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but you know what Toyota has? No, not old people. No, not beige, take this seriously. No, unintended acceleration won't win races. Toyota has a hybrid! Maybe that's why Peugeot surrendered.

Audi's new Le Mans LMP1 racecar will be a closed-cockpit model, like rival Peugeot's. The …
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"Toyota Motor Corporation has entered Le Mans before but by using our hybrid technology this time will be a completely new challenge," stated Toyota Motorsports chairman Tadashi Yamashina last year. It's expected that lessons learned on-track will inform future development of the company's gasoline/electric hybrid technology.

Details of the powertrain aren't immediately available, nor is it clear what, if any, advantages the configuration may have over the more popular diesel (and the rumored Audi R18 Hybrid), other than market acceptance in the US of course.